Cytotoxin compound and method of isolation
View Patent ↗A compound or groups of compounds, present in an active principle, derived from tunicates of the species Synoicum adareanum , as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. Extracts from tunicates show selective toxicity against several different cancer cell lines in the NCI 60 cell line panel. These compounds are useful in the effective treatment of cancers, particularly malignant melanomas, colon cancer, and renal cancer cell lines.
1. A composition comprising an isolated compound of formula I or racemic mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of the formula:
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
3. A composition comprising an isolated compound of formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of the formula:
4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein said composition further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
5. A composition comprising an isolated compound of formula III or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of the formula:
6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein said composition further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
7. A composition comprising an isolated compound of formula IV or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of the formula:
8. The composition of claim 7 , wherein said composition further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said salt is an acid salt of acetate, adipate, alginate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate butyrate, citrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptanoate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydrochloride hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxyethane-sulfonate, lactate, maleate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, oxalate, thiocyanate, tosylate or undecanoate.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said salt is a base salt of ammonium salts, alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, salts with organic bases, N-methyl-D-glucamine, or salts with amino acids.
11. The composition of claim 3 , wherein said salt is an acid salt of acetate, adipate, alginate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate butyrate, citrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptanoate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydrochloride hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxyethane-sulfonate, lactate, maleate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, oxalate, thiocyanate, tosylate or undecanoate.
12. The composition of claim 3 , wherein said salt is a base salt of ammonium salts, alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, salts with organic bases, N-methyl-D-glucamine, or salts with amino acids.
13. The composition of claim 5 , wherein said salt is an acid salt of acetate, adipate, alginate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate butyrate, citrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptanoate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydrochloride hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxyethane-sulfonate, lactate, maleate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, oxalate, thiocyanate, tosylate or undecanoate.
14. The composition of claim 5 , wherein said salt is a base salt of ammonium salts, alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, salts with organic bases, N-methyl-D-glucamine, or salts with amino acids.
15. The composition of claim 7 , wherein said salt is an acid salt of acetate, adipate, alginate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate butyrate, citrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptanoate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydrochloride hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxyethane-sulfonate, lactate, maleate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, oxalate, thiocyanate, tosylate or undecanoate.
16. The composition of claim 7 , wherein said salt is a base salt of ammonium salts, alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, salts with organic bases, N-methyl-D-glucamine, or salts with amino acids.
17. A purified compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having the formula selected from:
18. The compound of claim 17 , wherein said salt is an acid salt of acetate, adipate, alginate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate butyrate, citrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptanoate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydrochloride hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxyethane-sulfonate, lactate, maleate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, oxalate, thiocyanate, tosylate or undecanoate.
19. The compound of claim 17 , wherein said salt is a base salt of ammonium salts, alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, salts with organic bases, N-methyl-D-glucamine, or salts with amino acids.